síorghlas

Irish

Etymology

From síor- +‎ glas (compare Manx sheer-ghlass).

Adjective

síorghlas (genitive singular masculine síorghlais, genitive singular feminine síorghlaise, plural síorghlasa, not comparable)

  1. evergreen

Declension

Declension of síorghlas
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative síorghlas shíorghlas síorghlasa;
shíorghlasa2
vocative shíorghlais síorghlasa
genitive síorghlaise síorghlasa síorghlas
dative síorghlas;
shíorghlas1 		shíorghlas;
shíorghlais (archaic) 		síorghlasa;
shíorghlasa2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of síorghlas
radical lenition eclipsis
síorghlas shíorghlas
after an, tsíorghlas 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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